Berberis wilcoxii[3] is a shrub native to Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora. It is up to 2 m tall, with pinnately compound leaves of 5-7 leaflets, densely clustered racemes and ovoid berries up to 10 mm long. It is generally found in rocky canyons in mountainous areas at an elevation of 1700–2500 m.[4][5]

Berberis wilcoxii

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. wilcoxii
Binomial name
Berberis wilcoxii
Kearney
Synonyms[2]

Odostemon wilcoxii (Kearney) A. Heller

The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[6][7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ Tropicos
  3. ^ Kearney, Transactions of the New York Academy of Science 14: 29. 1894.
  4. ^ Laferriere, J.E. Berberidaceae, Barberry Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 26:2-4. 1992.
  5. ^ Flora of North America vol 3.
  6. ^ Flora of North America, vol 3
  7. ^ Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
  8. ^ Marroquín, Jorge S., & Joseph E. Laferrière. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 30(1):53-55.
  9. ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.